Asian Paints started in 1942 in Mumbai by three entrepreneurs. It was initially called the Asian Oil and Paint Company and manufactured paint in a garage. Over the years, Asian Paints grew to become the largest paint company in India and Asia's third largest paint company with a turnover of 77.06 billion rupees in 2011. It has manufacturing plants across India and joint ventures internationally. Asian Paints is recognized as one of the top companies in India and Asia.

1. Introduction:
• Started By -- Champak Lal Choksey --
Chiman lal choksi --Surya Kant Dani --Arvind
Vakil
• On 1st feb,1942
• manufactured paint in a garage of bombay.
• the asian oil & paint co. -randomly picked
from telephone directory.

2.  0.35 million(1945)-77.06million(2011)• 1945- Registered as
PVT.CO.• 1954- Mascot-GATTU by R.K.LAKSHMAN• 1965-
ASIAN OIL & PAINT PVT.LTD changed to ASIAN PAINTS
(INDIAN)PVT.LTD• 1968- MARKET LEADER• 1973- converted
to PUBLIC LTD.CO.• 1974- BHANDUP(M.H.) declared largest
paint factoty• 1985- 3rd plant at patancheru(A.P.) near
hyderabad 4th plant in KASNA (U.P.) & agreement with
NIPPON of JAPAN• 1990- ASIAN PAINTS joint ventures in
FIJI ,TONGA,NEPAL,SRILANKA• 1996- 5th plant in
RATNAGIRI.• 2000- year of GLOBALISATION• plant in OMAN
& MAURITIUS & acquired business of PACIFIC
PAINTS(AUSTRALIA) &DELMEGE FORSYTH &CO. of
SRILANKA 2006 –plant at baddi for powder coating• 2008-
constuction of new plant at rohtak

3.  . • India’s largest paint company• Asia’s third
largest paint company, with a turnover of Rs 77.06
billion• Forbes Global -among the 200 Best Small
Companies(2002,2003) and presented the Best
under a Billion award(ASIA’s), to the company.•
Asian Paints is the only paint company in the world
to receive this recognition(2005,2006,2007).•
Double the size of any other paint company in
India.• IN Asias Fab 50 List by Forbes Asia
Magazine (Sept 2011 Issue)• New plant at pune•
87th valuable brand in india

4. SOUTH PACIFIC
7%
SOUTH EAST ASIA
CARIBBEAN 8%
16%
SOUTH ASIA
15%
MIDDLE EAST
54%